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GarageIntel
Every vehicle leaves a paper trail

Know every vehicle — or just the part you need.

Those 17 characters on the dashboard aren’t random. They say who built the car, where, and which one it was coming off the line. Watch one get read — then we go and find out what’s happened to it since.

Flip CheckYour Garage
The 17 characters on your dashboard
1–3
WMI
World Manufacturer Identifier — who built it, and where
4–8
Descriptor
Vehicle descriptor — model, body, engine, restraints
9
Check
Check digit — calculated from the other 16
10
Year
Model year code — repeats on a 30-year cycle
11
Plant
Assembly plant — the exact factory
12–17
Serial
Serial — production sequence, unique to this car

Free check: recalls, known issues, price — no signup. The full report adds market value, listing history and the GarageIntel Score, with membership.
17
characters we read for free, before anything costs you
9
checks in a full report — each traceable to its source
$0
to run a free VIN check — recalls, known issues and a price read, no signup
$25
a month for the full report and every tool, cancel whenever
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Two ways in

Pick the one that’s you
Buying one car

You found a car. You want to know it’s straight, what’s known to go wrong on it, and whether the price is fair — before you hand over money.

  • Free check — recalls, known issues, price read, no signup
  • Full report — market value, history, the GarageIntel Score
  • Deal Coach — what to offer, and where to walk away
You flip cars

You buy to resell. You need a fast buy-or-pass call, the recon risk, what it really sells for, and somewhere to run the numbers. The reseller toolset comes with membership — $25/mo, cancel whenever.

  • Flip Check — verdict, spread and days-to-turn from year/make/model, no VIN
  • The max-offer worksheet — the most you can pay and still clear your margin, built into Flip Check
  • Flip Pipeline — every car you’re working, with running profit and loss
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What’s free, and what membership adds

Every row traceable to its source
FreeNo account needed
01VIN decode & specsYear, make, model, engine, body and assembly plant — the full factory decode.NHTSAFree
02Open recallsEvery unrepaired safety recall for this vehicle, in plain English.NHTSAFree
03Known issues on this generationThe failure points owners and mechanics report on this exact year and model.GarageIntel researchFree
04Owner complaintsOwner-filed complaints for this model — how loudly, and about what.NHTSAFree
05Price vs. the marketWhere the asking price sits against what this model is going for right now.cached market dataFree
06Ownership costEPA fuel economy and real depreciation — shown only when the data is genuinely there.EPAFree

Your Garage, the GarageIntel Score and a full report preview come with a free account — still no card.

Membership$25/mo · $20 of usage a period, about four full reports
07VIN-level market valueRetail and private-party value for this exact vehicle, from real dealer inventory in your radius.MarketCheckMembership
08Comparable listings near youActual listings of the same year, trim and mileage band close to your ZIP.MarketCheckMembership
09Listing & auction historyWhere this exact VIN has been listed or run before, and what it brought.MarketCheckMembership
10Market contextFull model-level stats — median asking price, days on market and supply.MarketCheckMembership
11Parts pricingReal merchant prices for the parts this vehicle needs — never a number scraped from a snippet.Google ShoppingMembership
12Factory build sheetAs-built trim, options and original MSRP for this VIN.MarketCheck NeoVINMembership
13The full Deal CoachYour exact opening offer, target and walk-away price, plus a ready-to-send message to the seller.GarageIntelMembership
14The reseller toolsThe max-offer worksheet in Flip Check, side-by-side Compare, and the Flip Pipeline board — run the margin, weigh two cars, track every flip.GarageIntel toolsMembership
Add-onNot yet available on any plan
—Full title reportSalvage and brand history, odometer timeline, ownership and state history, and reported accidents — the NMVTIS record. We’ll offer it as a paid add-on once the data source is live; today no plan can pull it.NMVTISAdd-on
Plate I · Subject vehicle184,502 mi
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What comes back

A real one, start to finish
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Not looked up yet
Accidents — —
Title — —
Owners — —
Last odometer — —
Market value — —
Open recalls — —
Original MSRP — —
A live render of one example vehicle's report — the real interface, not a screenshot. A free account previews any VIN; membership fills in market value, history and the Score.
Why it reads this way

A report should tell you what it knows — and admit what it doesn’t.

Most vehicle reports fill every field, because an empty row looks like a broken product. We would rather show you the gap. If a figure isn’t genuinely there for your VIN, this app says so, and charges you nothing for it.

Never an estimate dressed up as a fact.
Neveran estimate dressed as a fact
Everynumber labelled with its source
$0to decode and preview a VIN
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What it costs

Cancel whenever you like
One membership, no tiers
$25 / month
$20 of usage credit a period — about four full reports
  • Market value, comparable listings and listing history on any VIN
  • The reseller tools — max-offer worksheet, side-by-side Compare & Flip Pipeline
  • The full Deal Coach, and search history kept on your account
  • Free check and a full report preview need no membership — you can start there
Where the $20 goes
Decode a VINNHTSA basics, unlimited$0
Safety complaints & recallsNHTSA$0
Factory build sheetAs-built specs and MSRP$0.50
Market valueReal comparable listings$1.50
Listing & auction historyPast listings and auction runs$1.50
Market contextModel-level sales stats$1.00
Parts pricingMerchant listings$0.25
Motorcycle CheckDecode, recalls, known issues — per bike$2.00
Dock Intel vessel reportUSCG record, hull, liens — per vessel$5.00
Full title reportNMVTIS — not yet availableAdd-on

You’re only charged for a fresh lookup — if the same VIN was pulled in the last day, that part is served from cache at no cost. A typical full report runs about $5 of the $20. The NMVTIS title report will be a separate add-on when it’s live, never part of the $20.

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Dock Intel

New — boats
Also from GarageIntel

The same idea, pointed at boats. Every vessel documented with the U.S. Coast Guard carries a federal record — build, dimensions, hull, what it’s legally allowed to do, and whether there’s a lien on it. Dock Intel reads it back plainly, and shows you the parts it can’t answer instead of filling them in.

  • 386,962 documented hulls on file, refreshed monthly
  • ~28,000 carry a maritime lien — which also blocks state registration
  • Compare vessels side by side — free, no signup
Open Dock Intel → Compare vessels — free
What it covers

The ~26–65 ft documented-vessel segment first — the boats big enough to need an oversize-load permit to move by road. The full vessel report is $5, and included with GarageIntel membership.

  • Decoded Hull ID, hull material and build year
  • Owner of record, documentation status and endorsed use
  • Maritime-lien flag, called out plainly wherever it shows
See a sample vessel report
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Straight answers

Before you decide
Is this really a beta?

Yes. GarageIntel is live and it works, but it’s early. The paid tier is capped at 25 founding members while we prove it out, and a full NMVTIS title & accident history report isn’t included yet — that’s the add-on we’re building next. We’d rather say that up front than pad the report.

What do I get for $25 a month?

Real market value and comparable listings for any VIN, listing and auction history, the factory build sheet, the full Deal Coach negotiation plan, and the reseller tools — the max-offer worksheet in Flip Check, side-by-side Compare, and the Flip Pipeline. $20 of usage credit resets each month, about four full reports. The free VIN check and a full report preview need no membership — start there.

What’s not included?

Reported accidents, salvage and title-brand records, the odometer timeline, and service history. Those need a full NMVTIS report, which isn’t on our data plan yet. The GarageIntel Score caps its own ceiling for what it can’t verify, and the Clean-Report Check spells out what a clean record wouldn’t rule out — the report is honest about the gap rather than hiding it.

Can I cancel anytime?

Yes — one click from Manage Billing, no contract and no cancellation fee. Usage credit doesn’t roll over and a partial month isn’t refunded, but nothing renews once you’ve cancelled.

Is my payment safe?

Payments run through Stripe. GarageIntel never sees or stores your card number.

What’s the founding-member deal?

The first 25 members lock in at $25 a month, and when we come out of beta you get one to two months on us — a thank-you for backing it early.

Start with the free VIN check →